Queering the Archive With Kate Messer

"Your own culture is worth a memory."

"...Now, more than 20 years later, Davis' extensive archive is on display at the Austin History Center (“We’ll..."

July 5, 2018 Qmmunity Post by Beth Sullivan

Internet Food Sites:

Part One

"...of my more helpful discoveries. SOAR: The Searchable Online Archive of Recipes..."

May 14, 1999 Food Feature

An Archive of Reelings

Reflections on a town hall meeting: A love letter to "community"

"...bravery, of seeing faces coming out from behind the Internet and Facebook, even (and often especially) if we didn’t..."

Jan. 8, 2014 Qmmunity Post by Andy Campbell

What Are You Looking At?

The year in pop-culture fixations

"...have a happy fantasy where somebody trips over the Internet's cord and plunges us all into a state of..."

Dec. 24, 2010 Screens Feature

The Return of 'Open Government Online'

Council takes steps towards greater online transparency.

"...municipal government sites in the nation." Courtesy of the Internet Archive's Wayback Machine, here's the city website from 1997,..."

Oct. 31, 2007 News Post by Wells Dunbar

The Net

A Brief History of the Internet

"...Understanding the Internet is the first step toward nerd enlightenment. So what..."

Jan. 1, 1999 Screens Feature by John Avignone

Mayor Adler Sends Kerbey Queso Recipe to the Moon on a SpaceX Rocket … Seriously

A photo of Austin legend Leslie also made the trip

"...can’t think of a more important, sustaining foodstuff. No archive, time capsule, library or vault is complete without queso...."

Feb. 22, 2019 Food Post by Jessi Cape

Straight Pride Goes to Malibu

When bigotry disguised as morality trumps ethics, the Net is there.

"...Pride UK, but fear not, dear reader, for the Internet always wins...."

Aug. 14, 2013 Qmmunity Post

Dog Toys and Puppy Sports Lead Our Recommended Community Events

Bucking broncos, drag vampires, and more highlights

"...by Brewster Kahle, founder and digital librarian of the Internet Archive. Kahle’s magnum opus, begun in 1996, preserves more..."

Feb. 9, 2024 Arts Feature by Katherine McNevins

Traveling Road Show

Archivist Rick Prelinger debuts an interactive ode to America in moving pictures

"...things. Best known as the founder of the Prelinger Archives, a collection of over 60,000 educational, industrial, and sponsored..."

March 8, 2013 Screens Feature by Leah Churner

Media Clips

The Internet offers new opportunities for newspapers to expand their coverage, but so far, Texas dailies have yet to heed the call.

"...goes, and where it stops, nobody knows -- the Internet is indeed something of a roulette wheel. The Net..."

April 21, 2000 News Column by Lee Nichols

Plays Well With Others

How Creative Commons is redefining copyright law and what it means for artistic collaboration across the Internet.

"...the new licenses. Valenti has led the charge against Internet file sharing, and believes that copyrights should be granted..."

Feb. 28, 2003 Screens Feature by Michael May

The Post Man Always Saves Twice

"...At a time when few Internet experts seem to agree on anything, one Web theory..."

July 11, 1997 Screens Feature by Andy Langer

Beethoven to Beyoncé

SXSW Music panels – topics over talent. Except they're also star-studded.

"...industry became as democratic as viral independence on the Internet in the wake of major labels collapsing. That same..."

Feb. 27, 2015 Music Feature by The Music Staff

Digital Audio From the Cyber-Underground

Boot Up the Volume

"...of space. Translate that into download time from the Internet and you're talking 10-20 minutes as opposed to hours...."

Aug. 1, 1997 Screens Feature by John Avignone

Fantastic Fest Asks "Who Is Wrinkles the Clown?"

And why do we want him to scare us?

"...filmmaker access to an invaluable resource: his Google Voice archive of all those kids and parents who want to..."

Sept. 20, 2019 Screens Feature by Richard Whittaker

The Advance's Retreat

Is this the end for Cinematexas?

"...and a Jan Svankmajer collection from the National Film Archive in Prague...."

Sept. 14, 2007 Screens Feature by Marrit Ingman

The Luv Doc: Truth Tellin'

Being diplomatic isn't being deceptive; it's being thoughtful and caring

"...One thing I have always admired about my partner..."

March 16, 2018 Column by The Luv Doc

Martial Arthouse

Dan Halsted brings five secret kung fu films to AFS

"...knew a lot about movies I had never seen." Pre-Internet, his silver screen education came from film books and..."

June 28, 2013 Screens Feature by Richard Whittaker

Help Desk

Is it phone addiction or just the modern way to consume information?

"...online, if you dare to click – demonstrating that Internet addiction can indeed share psychological and neural mechanisms with..."

July 31, 2015 Screens Column by Michael Agresta

Luv Doc: Giving Thanks

The Luv Doc is not not conned by the deluded nostalgics who claim that turkey is their favorite meat

"...to have been replaced by one huge plague of internet stupidity, which is terrifying, but easily avoidable. This plague..."

Nov. 24, 2017 Column by The Luv Doc

History's Closet

Making the case for an Austin gay barchive

"...First we hit the Internet. Information was nonexistent. We did, however, find a few..."

June 5, 2009 Features Feature by Kate X Messer

Headlines / Quote of the Week

"...There are more satellites owned by Starlink, providing space-based internet service, than by all other companies and nations put..."

May 16, 2025 News Feature

The Luv Doc: Every Few Minutes

Far-fetched, hopelessly sad, and embarrassingly pathetic

"...I know the preceding scenario sounds really far-fetched, hopelessly..."

Sept. 2, 2016 Column by The Luv Doc

Man or Machine? Circle Option C.

Digital pioneer Amber Case on cyborg anthropology

"...technology and looking way beyond common thinking about the Internet and social media. She's a guide to the new..."

March 2, 2012 Screens Feature by Jon Lebkowsky

Start Your Modems!

The Joy of B-Movie Websites

"...other has presented you with ENIAC's great-great-grandson and an Internet connection. How can you waste untold hours and ruin..."

Jan. 16, 1998 Screens Feature by Jerry Renshaw

Austin's Active Shelf Life

Can Our Public Library Keep Up the Pace?

"...We want the academic journals, and the peerless local-history archive. We want the latest large-print Harlequins for Grandma, the..."

Sept. 20, 1996 News Feature by Mike Clark-Madison

Live From AFS, It's Saturday Night!

Jason Reitman brings his SNL history to Austin for special screening

"...announced that SNL creator Lorne Michaels was donating his archive to its shelves. (Highlights of the collection will be..."

Jan. 21, 2025 Screens Post by Richard Whittaker

SXSW Announces More Speakers for 2024 Digging Deeper Into AI and the Future of Work

Dylan Mulvaney, Chuck D, and Uber CEO all added as speakers

"...Julieanna Richardson will explain how America's biggest oral history archive will be adopting the developing technology...."

Oct. 24, 2023 SXSW Post

The Fans Behind the Mask: Inside the World of The F13th Fan Film Mixtape

AGFA archivist Joseph Ziemba explores the world of discount Voorhees

"...fan films. Three years ago, the American Genre Film Archive (the film non-profit founded by the Alamo Drafthouse) hosted..."

May 13, 2022 Screens Post by Richard Whittaker

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